Deputy CTO. Java Champion, member Java SE Expert Group, JCP EC, OpenJDK Vulnerability Group and Adoptium SC. AMA about Java and JVM.

London, UK
Joined March 2012
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Remember when Musk challenged the World Food Program to explain how he could solve world hunger with just $6 billion, they did, and he just completely ignored them?
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Elon Musk has become the first trillionaire in history.
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Join us in two weeks for Hazelcast x #LondonJavaCommunity Meetup! Gain valuable insights from Java Champion and Deputy CTO @speakjava on JVM performance resilience, including GC behaviour, JIT compilation and warmup time. Register here: bit.ly/4rpfCgk #Java #Developers
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🎙️☕️"From Rocc Computers to Azul Systems" an airhacks.fm podcast conversation with @speakjava is ready to listen 👉 adam-bien.com/roller/abien/f… #java #podcast #airhacks #azul
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Fun Fact In the US every 40 days 59,000 people go bankrupt due to medical bills. That's the equivalent of the entire population of Greenland, who currently enjoy healthcare free at the point of use.
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Got roughed up and Arrested by 20 ICE Agents in Minnesota today for being Awesome in a Giraffe onesie! Here's the unedited widescreen version!🦒💙 Please RT so Elon has to pay me TWITTER AD revenue money to be awesome around ICE and MAGA! – at Minneapolis, MN
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Today on Foojay, @ArturSkowronski, @speakjava, and @FrankDelporte join forces on how #OpenJDK 23 introduces three new features to the #Java language and runtime and many bug fixes, small improvements, and a longer list of preview features: foojay.io/today/foojay-podca… #foojaytip
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Check out @speakjava's talk and step into the parallel universe of the Vector API. Discover how SIMD instructions and the Vector API can boost the performance of numerically intensive operations. View talk @ devoxx.co.uk/talk?id=23922
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Happy 46th birthday to Taito’s Space Invaders. The source of modern day videogames.
🎂Happy 46th Birthday🎂 👾 👾 👾👾👾💥 👾 👾 👾 👾👾👾 👾👾👾 👾 👾 👾 👾 👾👾👾            ▲ #スペースインベーダーの日
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Sharat Chander @sharatchander.bsky.social@Sharat_Chander23 May 2024
Happy Birthday, #Java! 29 years and going strong! How has @Java inspired you? #MovedByJava
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Remove AI - the world goes on. Remove Java - the world stops. Worth remembering. Combine AI and Java is where I find things become real interesting.
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Azul Java Products are now on AWS & Google Cloud Marketplaces! 🌐 Elevate your business by modernizing & securing Java applications while optimizing cloud costs. Channel partners can also sell Azul products through AWS Marketplace Private Offers! bit.ly/3SN9S1H
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Want to increase your productivity and make your code perform better? Join Simon Ritter, Azul Deputy CTO live, THIS FRIDAY, January 19th at 1pm EST as he dives into the new features of JDK 21. ow.ly/BKMf50QrRaw #Java #JVM #OpenJDK #Performanceengineering #JDK21
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🚀💻 By switching to Azul #JVMs, Parnassia Groep slashed Java subscription costs by 80%! ow.ly/EcK950Qn5ec
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We are hiring! Join our growing and stellar Sales team! Great culture, great people, and everything #Java. Tap into the 4.2B global Java market and join us on this fun journey. Explore the possibilities today: azul.com/careers?utm_medium=… #jobs #salesroles #opentowork
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Tomorrow! Connect with industry experts at Azul, Bloor Research, and SoftwareOne at our exclusive expert panel. They'll unravel Oracle's Java pricing shift, cloud cost optimization & the lessons learned from Log4j. azul.com/panel/2023-state-of… #Java #javacommunity
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Azul Platform Prime’s ReadyNow feature solves the #Java warmup problem, ensuring your #JVM reaches full speed as quickly as possible and stays fast throughout the life of the Java program. Get the data sheet: azul.com/wp-content/uploads/… #Containerization #performanceengineering
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Today, we announced ReadyNow Orchestrator - the newest feature of the Azul Platform Prime Optimizer Hub that helps Java Virtual Machines (JVMs) reach full speed execution before any traffic hits cloud instances. azul.com/blog/giving-java-lo… #Java
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Have a free #LunchWithAzul! Win a $50 Door Dash gift card and access to an exclusive roundtable to receive insight and expertise on #OpenJDK from top #Java Champions. Like and share to be one of 3 lucky winners! Terms & Conditions: ow.ly/Rftr50PsiIF
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Warning! Your chance to win a $50 Door Dash gift card and join our virtual luncheon with Java Champions is ending soon. Enter to win by retweeting or liking the post below. xitter.cf/AzulSystems/status/168…
Have a free #LunchWithAzul! Win a $50 Door Dash gift card and access to an exclusive roundtable to receive insight and expertise on #OpenJDK from top #Java Champions. Like and share to be one of 3 lucky winners! Terms & Conditions: ow.ly/Rftr50PsiIF
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